ISW: "Europe has provided and pledged approximately $204.1 billion in all — over $174 billion from the EU, $13.9 billion from Norway, and $16.2 billion from the UK — compared to America's $183 billion."
On the matter of what the U.S. spends...
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
ISW: "The majority of the funds the United States has allocated for Ukraine stays in the United States to fund domestic defense industrial base and replenish US stockpiles."
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
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Tl;dr: Most of the money gets spent at home creating new arsenals for the U.S. military (to compensate for the aged or expired-but still-viable stockpiles of kit donated to Ukraine), building weapons factories and employing thousands of American workers.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
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In other words, Donald Trump's wholly imaginary claim that "half" of what the U.S. has spent on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion has been stolen would, if true, mean that the real den of thieves was operating right here in the United States.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
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